Psalm 39
April 23, 2022
I said, “I will watch my ways and keep my tongue from sin; I will put a muzzle on my mouth while in the presence of the wicked.” So I remained utterly silent, not even saying anything good. But my anguish increased; my heart grew hot within me. While I meditated, the fire burned; then I spoke with my tongue: “Show me, Lord, my life’s end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting my life is. You have made my days a mere handbreadth; the span of my years is as nothing before you. Everyone is but a breath, even those who seem secure. “Surely everyone goes around like a mere phantom; in vain they rush about, heaping up wealth without knowing whose it will finally be. “But now, Lord, what do I look for? My hope is in you. Save me from all my transgressions; do not make me the scorn of fools. I was silent; I would not open my mouth, for you are the one who has done this. Remove your scourge from me; I am overcome by the blow of your hand. When you rebuke and discipline anyone for their sin, you consume their wealth like a moth—surely everyone is but a breath.
“Hear my prayer, Lord, listen to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping.
I dwell with you as a foreigner, a stranger, as all my ancestors were. Look away from me, that I may enjoy life again before I depart and am no more.”
Have we who go by the name of Christian done as David has done, just kept quiet? The so-called Christian Church is more involved in political parties than in sharing that freedom is found in Christ alone, and so are peace and joy. I am blown away by the emails from people who claim they are Christ-followers, but calling the person of another political party names that will divide will not bring the opportunity to share why you have taken the stand based on God’s Word.
I believe we fall into two camps, one will not voice any opinion yet evil is being preached from some so-called church, where they have no fear of God and His written Word. Being quiet will not be my stance, I cannot be quiet when they are trying to brainwash little children, that God made a mistake and they need to be the opposite of the way they came out of the mother. Or that one is born a homosexual, that does not hold up to the teaching of the Bible. I am also a Constitutionalist but we must not put anything above being a follower of Christ. I was called as an Ambassador of Christ, and only Him. I must confess it is easy to get caught up in a world that Jesus tells us is passing away. You can find that in 1 John 2:7, “The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever.”
Take an inventory of where you put your hope, and it will become clear to whom you are putting your trust. David makes it clear his hope is in God, not his military nor his many battles, for David was aware that it was God who fought for him.
Do you ask God to hear your prayers, ICU will get you there fast, you ask for forgiveness for looking down on people who are carrying a little too much weight, to those who have tattoos yet it was many such people who show the most compassion and love for me and would talk to me about how God had a plan for my life, and I no longer saw tattoos are overweight people, nor black or white, but people that had great value to my Father in heaven. God has such love for us that He gave His Son, His only Son to become lower than the angels for the time He was a man and take the sins of an evil man like me to the cross, so I could make a choice to by faith and grace to put my faith in His finished work of the cross. And at the age of 27 in a hotel room, I did just that.
From the Back Porch,
Bob Rice
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